Europe Trip #1 – April 19, 2022 – Taormina W/The Whole Crew

Europe Trip #1 – April 19, 2022 – Taormina W/The Whole Crew

I want to circle way, way back to our fantastic weeks of travel last summer. I need to finish writing about each of the days of our first European trip. My memories are only fed by photos, so these posts will be the photos of each day and the stories will have to generate themselves where my memory leaves blanks.

That snowy, snowy Etna.

A gorgeous morning.

Out for our morning jaunt.

Up close and personal.

Hey!! We know them.

The grounds all around were gorgeous.

The drive into Taormina is like a corkscrew on drugs.

😍😍

The view from up high.

These streets. ❤️❤️

Mosaic

Big fans of the sun. 😆😆

At lunch time, J&B and crew headed off to the beautiful restaurant where they had made reservations the day before. (Jenny, do you remember the name?)

Buds, Monkey, and Buster headed off to hunt up carnivore lunch while Yessa and I made our way to Rosmarino Ristorante and feasted in high vegan fashion.

Yessa and Ginnie’s gorgeous vegan lunch.

The food was so good.

Buds and our two eldest ended up at a more touristy restaurant and Buds found himself talked into eating the “house specialty” which seemed to be porcupine fish. He ate it, but felt grumpus about being tagged as a tourist. I thought it was cool they had the experience.

This crew had planned ahead to have a gorgeous lunch. Our crew winged it.

We made the kids go to Gelateria Dongeria. We did not make them look at all the naked pictures inside.

And it was good.

So much to laugh about.

Lucca charms all ages. 💕💕

New steps, new steps.

I love this woman.

Before the Tik Tokers took over.

Watching the Tik Tok Show.

Searching for fashion.

Chatting.

Chocolate rocks.

Storm clouds moving in.

Our tour of the Greek Theatre was of this ancient spot.

It was a full, gorgeous day. That much I do remember.

Thanks for all the shared photos, Jenny. ❤️